Norwich 'desperate' to keep improving - McLean
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Norwich City skipper Kenny McLean says they are now a team others are worried about facing after his brilliant free-kick helped them to a 2-0 win against Preston North End.
A fourth successive victory took The Canaries past 50 points, the total many regard as making a team safe from the threat of relegation, having been next to bottom when head coach Philippe Clement took over in November.
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"You can look at it that way [safety], or you can look at it as we're growing, we're building, we're getting better - there's still growth in us, and we'll continue to get better, we'll continue to improve, we're desperate to get better," Scotland international McLean told BBC Radio Norfolk.
"It's not about looking at the table and saying what we want to achieve, we want to get better as a squad, as individuals and as a club. We want to keep pushing in the right direction, and that's what we're doing, so as long as we keep focusing on that, we'll find ourselves in a good position.
"We didn't start the season well enough; we're now building a bit of momentum; we're going well - we're not a team people want to come up against right now, and that's down to the hard work we're putting in."
On his 20-yard free-kick goal, McLean said: "Not too many times have I had the opportunity from there. I've allowed others to take that responsibility, but it was about time I stepped up, and I think I'll do so more often. We have had a few this season and nobody stuck it away, so that's my call now, I'll be on them.
"We do a lot on set pieces. Nick [Stanley] works so hard with his team, and it is something he'll look at: different takers from different ranges, different corner takers for different deliveries.
"He'll put [a list of] takers up in the changing room, and then a lot of the time I'll decide what goes on on the pitch. I want others to step up and have the confidence and the responsibility to do that, and [normally] if they do, I'm more than happy to give them it - but maybe not now."
Norwich are away to Southampton on Wednesday evening, and another win would see them climb into the Championship's top 10.